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to dilate
01
to increase in size or width
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
dilate
3rd person singular
dilates
Past simple
dilated
Past participle
dilated
Examples
The pupils of the eyes dilate in low light conditions.
02
to speak extensively or at length
Intransitive: to dilate upon a topic
Examples
During the interview, the author dilated upon the inspiration behind their latest book.
Lexical Tree
dilater
dilation
dilator
dilate
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